An exciting debut collection of sonically playful, formally inventive poems that explore the life of a young Filipino-American man reckoning with incarceration. American Inmate: the album is a rigorous and defiant collection of poetry that subverts contemporary discourse and representations of incarceration, of hip-hop, and of Asian American culture and literature. Justin Rovillos Monson's poetic voice is sharp and irreverent--improvisational yet thoughtful, musical, and tender, achieving a range... Celý popis
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An exciting debut collection of sonically playful, formally inventive poems that explore the life of a young Filipino-American man reckoning with incarceration.
American Inmate: the album is a rigorous and defiant collection of poetry that subverts contemporary discourse and representations of incarceration, of hip-hop, and of Asian American culture and literature. Justin Rovillos Monson's poetic voice is sharp and irreverent--improvisational yet thoughtful, musical, and tender, achieving a range of lyrical registers woven seamlessly throughout the book from the first to last poem.
Monson's work challenges his readers with uncomfortable but essential, urgent, and necessary questions: What does it mean to be in the world and yet live apart from it? What happens to the minds and bodies of those locked away? What happens to the minds and
American Inmate: the album is a rigorous and defiant collection of poetry that subverts contemporary discourse and representations of incarceration, of hip-hop, and of Asian American culture and literature. Justin Rovillos Monson's poetic voice is sharp and irreverent--improvisational yet thoughtful, musical, and tender, achieving a range of lyrical registers woven seamlessly throughout the book from the first to last poem.
Monson's work challenges his readers with uncomfortable but essential, urgent, and necessary questions: What does it mean to be in the world and yet live apart from it? What happens to the minds and bodies of those locked away? What happens to the minds and
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| Rok vydání | 2024 |
| Autor | Rovillos Monson, Justin |
| Počet stran | 80 |
| Výrobce | Haymarket Books |
| Jazyk | anglické |
| Váha | 184 gramů |
